John Norton Wright (1720 - 1749)

Born 26 Sep 1720 in Westminster, London, England

Died Jan 1749 at age 28 in Savannah, Georgia

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Biography

One of 112 Passengers on the Ann, - Original Settler of the Province of Georgia -

John Wright was a Georgia colonist.

John Norton Wright was born the 26th of September1720, and Christened on the 15th of October 1720 at Westminister, London England to John Wright and Penelope Wright.^[1]

John Wright, his wife, Penelope, daughter, Elizabeth, and son, John Norton Wright, sailed on the Ship Ann from Gravesend in England on Friday, the 17th of November, 1732 for the new Colony of Georgia arriving on the 1st of February 1733.^[2]

According to journal of the Earl of Egmont, John Norton was age 13 when he arrived in Georgia, and while in Georgia he became a Tythingman, a jailor, and messenger to the President and assistants.^[3] The journal also recorded his father, John, died in December of 1737, and his mother, Penelope, remarried one Joseph Fitzwalter.

On the 13th of Dec 1741, Jo. Milledge and Jo. Norton Wright petitioned each for 500 acres on Whitmarsh Island, but are refused, having no substance wherewith to coltivate their lotts.^[4]

John Norton Wright of Savannah in the Colony of Georgia Freeholder wrote his Last Will and Testament on the 29th of January 1749 leaving all his real and personal estate to his mother, Penelope Fitwalter, and naming her as sole Executrix.^[5] No recording date was given for the will. It appears he never married, and had no children.

Sources

1. ↑ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812 for Joh Norton Wright St James, Piccadilly (St James, Westminster), 1700-1753, Oct 1720, citing John Norton Wright. Ancestry.com [database with images: image 207 of 460.
2. ↑ Immigrant Ships. Transcribers Guild. Harbuck, Deborah. Ross. Mary. Ship Ann. 30 Nov 1999. citing 111 - Wright, John. Digital image: Immigrant Ships Transcribert Guild.
3. ↑ Journal Earl of Egmont. "A List of Persons who went from Europe to Georgia On their own account, or at the Trustees charge, or who joyned the Colony, or were born in it distinguishing such as had Grants there or were only Inmates, page 249, citing Jon. Wright. Digital images: Digital Library of Georgia. Accessed 3 Nov 2020.
4. ↑ Candler, Allen D. The Colonial Records of Georgia, Volume 5, Journal of the Earl of Egment First President of the Board of Trustees frome June 14, 1738 to May 25, 1744. Atlanta, Georgia. The Franklin-Turner Company Printers, Publishers. 1903? Page 574, citing Jo. Norman Wright.
5. ↑ Georgia Archives. Wills, Colony of Georgia, RG 49-1-2, Georgia Archives. Record ID cw19243. Will of John Norton Wright. Digital images: Georgia Archives Virtual Vault. Accessed 3 Nov 2020.